The Project Based Awesome Podcast

By Chris Butler

Come hang with Chris & Erin as they talk all things teaching - curriculum, grading, assessment, students - without the BS.... more

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April 20, 2018 Episode 3.5: Interview With the One and Only Tisha Richmond
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris are lucky enough to be joined by the one and only Tisha Richmond. Tisha is a Culinary Arts teacher at South Medford school district and is a gamification guru, speaker, and just a really inspiring educator. We’re stoked to have her on the pod with us this week.

Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal Anecdotes: What could be done to make school a better place? (2:00)
How did you get into teaching? Background? (8:53)
What are some “pillars” of your teaching and classroom? (16:13)
Talk about gamification and how that works in your classroom (20:09)
How do you think gamification/PBL tie together? (27:45)
Where do you see education moving in the future? (35:58)
What do you have coming up? (37:47)
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Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Tisha Richmond: www.twitter.com/@tishrich
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.
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46min
March 30, 2018 Episode 3.4: If I Could Bathe In Cilantro I Would, I Love It So Much
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris discuss Chris’ recent trip to Colorado to visit some “innovation” schools and some thoughts and perspective he came away with.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal Anecdotes: What is your favorite type/style of taco? (2:38)
The “Innovation” schools we visited in Colorado (7:36)
Instructional cycle pillars: collaboration, tight feedback, targeted instruction, student agency (9:15)
A brand, a vision, a culture, and core values (15:02)
Instructional coaching in place at all schools (23:00)
Commonalities and PBA reaffirmation (23:38)
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.
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38min
March 23, 2018 Episode 3.3: 12 X 12 = 144, I still got it
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris discuss Chris’ recent work with a math cohort in his district. This cohort has been “re-thinking how they do math” and trying to reach students through project based learning, inquiry thinking and strategic grouping and workshops.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Math cohort work (1:30)
District wide implications? (5:20)
Work time structure (10:00)
Highly structured, loosely organized (12:53)
Conversation about tracking (14:40)
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Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Credits:
Minds on Mathematics - Wendy Ward Hoffer
http://amzn.to/2IGt0s5
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.
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30min
March 16, 2018 Episode 3.2: Stop Me if You Wanna Talk About Anything In Particular...Oh, You Know I Will
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris recap a recent conference that Chris attended and some big ideas he came away with that tie in with the ideals of Project Based Awesome
Send us feedback.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal Anecdotes: (2:00)
IPDX18 - IntegratED conference recap (5:56)
These words aren’t in the common core (7:36)
The world is handing you a curriculum, are you using it? (15:30)
Students need support from skilled Teachers on how to use technology to understand their world (19:09)
We need to value Students curiosity (22:42)
Grit (25:20)
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Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Credits:
Smoky Daniels: www.twitter.com/@SmokyDaniels
Kristin Ziemke: www.twitter.com/@KristinZiemke
Tisha Richmond: www.twitter.com/@TishRich
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated
Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
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39min
March 09, 2018 Episode 3.1: It’s Going To Be A Little Bit More...How You Say...Off The Cuff?
Welcome back to the Project Based Awesome Podcast
In the first episode of season 3, Erin and Chris do a deep dive into what’s happening in her IP class. Erin shares her thought process based around how to help guide and teach students to do higher quality work and deeper investigation into problems in a situation where the class is very open ended. Through the discussion the two weave in and out of difficulties and possible situations and land on the “realization” that “Man, this is hard.”
The format has changed to more of a free-form conversational style of podcast rather than a scripted, bullet point based exploration of a specific topic. We hope you like it.
Send us feedback.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Tools:
www.gradeinflation.com
https://goo.gl/bckGUC The Atlantic Article: “Why Grades Are Not Paramount to Achievement”
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
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50min
February 21, 2018 Episode 3.1 Bonus Pod: Looks Like We Made It
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris sit down and update us about what’s been happening since season two.
Season three is coming your way soon. Looking forward to sharing more with you soon.
Credits are in the show notes below.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Second semester changes (1:10)
We wrote a book (5:10)
Chris going to be a guest on Jeff Utecht’s Podcast “Shifting Our Schools” (9:43)
3rd season of the podcast coming soon (11:35)
More blog posts coming your way (12:04)
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
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16min
December 08, 2017 Episode 2.12: Season 2 Bonus Pod. Interview With Jeff Utecht
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris sit down with Jeff Utecht of www.edurolearning.com to talk about his background, where he sees education moving to in the future, and all things Project Based Awesome
Credits are in the show notes below.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal anecdotes (1:24)
Tell us about yourself (8:00)
How'd you get into education? (14:22)
How’d you get to where you are now? (17:02)
Top 3 nuggets for teachers getting into the project based thing? (19:00)
What do you miss most about classroom teaching?/What do you find most rewarding about what you do now? (30:40)
What’s going on with Eduro? (35:50)
New Book (40:40)
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Jeff Utecht: www.twitter.com/@jutecht
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
www.thethinkingstick.com
www.jeffutecht.com
www.edurolearning.com
www.sospodcast.org (shifting Our Schools Podcast)
www.quadblogging.net
Books/Credits:
Your Connected Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Kim Cofino (Author),‎ Chrissy Hellyer (Author),‎ Jeff Utecht (Author)
http://amzn.to/2j3Mhfp
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.
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50min
December 01, 2017 Episode 2.11: Cuz, You Know, We Don’t Like To Talk. Well...Some Of Us Don’t
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris wrap up season 2 of the Project Based Awesome Podcast and give some highlights of things to come.
Credits are in the show notes below.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal anecdotes (1:00)
2.1: Welcome back and shoot the breeze. (8:22)
2.2: Start of the Year Routines (9:40)
2.3. (parts 1 & 2) What is the purpose of grades? (10:13)
2.4: Setting up a gradebook PBA style (11:30)
2.5: A play-by-play of a pivot Erin made, mid-week and mid-unit and mid-lesson. (17:16)
2.6: Our thoughts on grading versus feedback. (18:33)
2.7: What do you do when you hit a creative wall? (19:30)
2.8: The Chelan workshop (19:30)
2.9: Watch other people work (19:30)
2.10: When your lesson bombs (20:55)
Upcoming stuff (22:07)
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
...more
26min
November 17, 2017 Episode 2.10: You Guys Should See The Wheels Turning Right Now...Yeah, There’s A Little Smoke Coming Out Of My Ears
In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris talk about what happens when the lesson bombs. It’s a fact that sometimes, no matter how well you think the lesson is going to go or how much you’ve planned and prepared for the lesson, sometimes, it’s just not going to work. It’s gonna bomb. It’s a simple fact of teaching. So, what do you do when this happens? In this episode Erin and Chris discuss what has worked for them in this situation. How to make the best of the failed lesson moving forward. They also talk about some specific examples they have been part of recently in relation to lessons that just didn’t go well.
Credits are in the show notes below.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal anecdotes (00:36)
Chris’ experience today (9:40)
Erin’s experience today (23:05)
Gosh, this is hard/The struggle is real (32:07)
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.
...more
44min
November 10, 2017 Episode 2.9: She May Have Just Popped Her Collar...Yeah, Mentally, I Did
Last week, in the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris discuss a conference that they attended a couple weekends back and their major takeaways from the conference.
This week they discuss another specific thing you can do to get out of a rut and gain new inspiration: watch your colleagues teach. They discuss two specific protocols that they’re district uses for their “learning walks” as they’ve been dubbed. They also dig into the details about the difficulties and major benefits of teachers seeing other teachers work and how it can help both hosts and observers better their craft.
Credits are in the show notes below.
Enjoy
Until next time...peace.
Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode:
Personal anecdotes (1:00)
Learning Walks (7:20)
1:1 observations (14:05)
It takes a leap (26:08)
The value is immense, you should try it (29:00)
Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes.
Follow us on Twitter
Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/@ogybuns
Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/@techteachtravel
Website:
www.projectbasedawesome.com
Books/Credits:
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better Story - Donald Miller http://amzn.to/2ylAPhs
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
http://amzn.to/2hXMcG3
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
http://amzn.to/2ynGenW
The Sparrow: A Novel - Mary Doria Russell
http://amzn.to/2ymcece
Learning Walks Checklist
1:1 Observation Protocol
Music credits:
Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org
Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.
...more
39min

FAQs about The Project Based Awesome Podcast:

How many episodes does The Project Based Awesome Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.